Point Reyes National Seashore, the "island in time," has glorious scenery – windswept headlands, sand beaches and chalky cliffs, rocky points, meandering estuaries, grasslands covered wildflowers, fir and fern forests, located about 40 miles north of San Francisco. For over a thousand years, the Coast Miwok people lived on Point Reyes. In 1579, Sir Francis Drake sailed his ship, the Golden Hind into Drakes Bay. Wherever you go on Point Reyes with your kids, you'll be amazed by its natural beauty.